TERRACE — Orenda Forest
Products officials and their con-
sultants fielded a steady barrage;
of questions Thursday. night
about the environmental effects
of the! groundwood. .pulp. and

+ four, kilometres from the mill
‘a sensitive recreational’ ue site are expected to:be 12m

said © laké- resident's Mi quare ‘metre annually, . Fhat-
Bowen-Colthurst. ‘Put the, ‘compares, he said, with.e. max-
danin thing. somewhere élse.””.. s imum“ of . 2,000. ‘Utider B.C. .
ank - regulations and “15F40’ ‘tinder.
e.. Swéden's. regulations: for: sen;

this-kind of industry’ got

paper mill. they; want to. build
8km south of Lakelse Lake.”

More‘ than 180 people ‘came’ “of t ;
to. the Major, ‘Project “Review:

“Foster daid the. mill pe et

a “There: will: not be ‘an.
“ rain component, with: respect to.
‘+ this mili,’ Sear aad cat gh

re gs

‘order'to pu ilings' sn
Many ‘lake resident ‘were-un- a ie bee
convinced by. -Orenda’s*” pro- ~ “hay
mises that air emissions will be :
minimal, :
“It is inconceivable “that
anyone could think to locate

. ina jae ‘
ir “But residents pointéa out Ter-
; Face is already. teceiving acid .

: Kitimat,

Environment. ministry
measurements, for 1985-86. —
the last time: acid ‘rain readings

were taken, here — indicate the
. average pH level for rain in Ter-
‘race.was Side (Seven is ‘neutral,
lower humbers indicate increas-

ing -acidjty.) Kitimat’s rain

‘averaged 4, § for the same. year,

while pH readings i in Smithers

averaged 6.06,”

* Habitat | biology” “consultant

_. Betsy Gordan said Lakelse Lake

users and residents are probably
- Blready. generating more pollu-

“fdr at ‘the. lake than the mill

Copiers
swarm
golden” |
region -

TERRACE — : vdozen
helicopters’ filled the air above »
the Esaky Creek’area last week
as prospectors staked claims
there for the first time in 16
‘months.

The provincial | ‘government
halted all staking i in the precious
mineral rich area-in Apri! 1990
because of conflicting claims.

Some sections were overstak-
ed two or three times in-the at-,
tempt-by companies to lock up
.land considered to have the
most potential,

‘The no-staking reserve, gave
our inspectors tithe to complete
their ‘examinations’. of those
claims under dispute ‘and they

esdlved;t}. silid.

“The best know ‘example of
this featured a Toronto-based
firm called’ Tagish Resources |
which laid claim to'a section of
the Jand that'll be part of a large
Prime Resources gold mine be-
ing planned.

‘Law ‘suits were filed by
Tagish which claimed there was
a gap between several blocks of
claims on the area containing ,
reserves thal feed the mine. ©

-The dispute was subsequently :
settled out of court.

- “We had three inspectors on
the ‘ground and’ .one, ina. :
helicopter to‘look after things,"
said Snider of the first's day ;
staking Sept. 9. .

She estimated -that 30 people :
and 12 helicopters:were involy- ]-
ed in the: staking...” eo,

‘The Eskay Greek area is just
south of the Iskiit’ ‘Valley, also
considered to contain precious
minerals.

Prime Resources. and the pro-
vincial | government - started =|:
building a‘road.from Hwy37 in-
to the Iskut Valley this year. It’s
expected that a southern con-
nection. to. Prime’s planned |
Eskay Creek. mine will take

place next year,

“Teachers” “Union. cD y has iegotiator has been a ‘waste of
sald it-“*won’t ‘dignify: the pro- money if: Victoria won't let the
5s! ‘by. participating in- it in any » contract'stand. ‘And he said the
"0. board: is henge it’s .respon-

and  Victoria’s‘ ‘order: to
reneaoiaie teachers’ ‘wage in-

negotiated ic"? Sebastian

faith: and ther nd

‘by ity" SS eatertaing is’ stepping « u Pare

the "school "Jo the law, 1 don’t think We: hav >.

feeting.- PO) any option.” «9; : ) | hwe st
But the. Hazeltoiis-area baat

It's : legislation. “‘now' that:
stands in our way,” added ‘Ter- "
"race “:trustee. “Wayne + Braid.
“And 1 think i it would, be. -Hlegal .
‘probably: if" we “attempted. to”
“take the sort Of action that Gor

jcustee received no support
when he called‘on the rest of the
board to back. his plan to defy
- Compensation. Fairness “Com- .
“Mhissioner. Ed Lien's order. His
notion died:-when no other |
‘trustee. would second it... -

* He said trustees should imple- .
ment the full:two-year contract”
= signed in: the: spring: after:
teachers went to the brink of

|PRINCE: RUPERT — City
Teoma. by allowing escort ser-

et $2,000 licence. fee,

ends several weeks of
debate on council and public

, dard *.

should. do if,” Viktoria

retallatedin rome: way: Sebaa:
We'l ‘deal

including the seven ' 7
ee a bikes Ie cach each year. .~ cia and that everyone's liap saTHE RS — The hospital
‘which Violate. ‘Lien’s: 4.89: per: py:with,”? he-wald. ‘That is. th
gent: maccintum. re ald he ould stand by.
The Terrace

eis being ,

yleeg here as long as they pay

The tale was set last week -

eommenis - about. allowing.
buck - werviees in the. firat .

oreeted 2. THE

‘said, “I think ‘ ‘we have -some
Tesponsibility’t to take a position
in this and riot just leave it allup
to the teachers.” s
Secretary-treasurer: “Barry

- : Piersdorfe} ‘i ‘gnid - the’. school

district is. moving to, implement
all provisidns- of the’ contract
‘that don’t violate Lien's, order.

would.

Prince Rupert commercial
fisherman Bruce Hanson ques-
tioned whether the mili’s wood
supply would still exist if native
land claims are either negotiated
or recognized in court,

“We. aren't getting any
guarantees that there’s going to
be any fish left for us,’” he said.
“What makes you think this
wood's going to be yours?”

Lake resident Judy Chrysler
said the important trumpeter
swan habitat near the lake,
combined with the fisheries con-
cerns, is enough to warrant a

TERRACE - Lakelse Lake
-residents don’t want strippers at
Oli’s Place,

They've started a petition to
pull the neighbourhocd pub’s
entertainment licence because
they say the daily performances
‘attract a rougher, rowdier
crowd to the lakeside residential
area. ,

The. strippers were brought in
two weeks ago.

“Children go there to go to
‘the store,” Lucia Strdw told a
‘Sept. 8 meeting of the Lakelse
Community Association. ‘The
school bus stops’ and leaves
there every day. | fear for ‘the
safety of. the children.’ .: -...

Since the stdrtlip of. the daily

’ shows, residents say’ they” have

noticed an increase in reckless
driving incidents in the area.

Lakelse Community Associa-
tion chairman Sandy Sandhals
said the association will send the
petition to the Liquor Control
Board and RCMP.

“If they are operating legally,
we’re hoping there's still some
other action we can take: to

change the situation,” Sandhals

said,

Oli’s owner Emmanuel

Sawmill
opens up

TERRACE — Lumber began
rolling off the production lines
again at the Skeena Cellulose
(SCI) sawmill Monday, ending
its recent shutdown. +

A high fumber inventory and

poor sales market prampted the ©

company to close the mill for
two weeks, beginning Aug. 30.

Off work were ‘155 hourly
employees, 45 salaried staff and
approximately 150 loggers. and
logging truck drivers,

Explaining the decision at the
time, mill manager Rand
Menhinick pointed out housing
starts were'down in both japan
and the United Kingdom, the
company's major export
targets. =;

An article appearing in a re-
cent issue of Repap Rap, the
mill’s newsletter, predicted
those markets would continue
“to be very depressed in both
volume and price’ through the
third quarter of the year and on-
ly “marginal improvement’. in
the fourth quarter. ,

counselling ‘and treatment
program,
. That comes ‘despite the
_firgt: year's budget for the
program being provided by
the provincial government.
; mall taken Distriet
og spokesmen sald the
3 ‘dlready has a deficit

“Roundup. _

budget are ‘causing the board
thet runs the local ice arena
to revise ifs renovation pians..
: There's ‘wo": estimated
shortfall ‘of $150,000: bet-
ween what. the board. of the
Ken Trombley: ‘arena’, wints
to do and the money It-has.
The, bowrd is also thinking
about taking outa bank loan
to meet the shortfall,’ asking
local governments. to raise -
taxes oF goon a drive (0 rag.

Petition
Opposes —
strippers

igage guaranteed by. the ~

federal: environmental review of —_

the project. °
She criticized habitat biology

consultant Betsy Gordon: for .

only.. studying wildlife: within
one kilometre of the mill site.

Chrysler said some: of: the
most important. fish and °
migratory bird. habitat is at—
Lakelse Lake.

“1 commend the introduction
of new technalogy,’’ she added.
“I’m very opposed to the loca-
tion,”? |

Mary Salem

cont'd A2

said the

Cenitagoya says business is up
and residents are jealous of his
success. ;

He also denies that the per-
formances are raunchy,

“It's very difficult to satisfy
the personal tastes of
everyone,’’ Cenitagoya ex-
plains. ‘‘We’re presenting a
show. And we try to have the
nicer girls, you know, to come
up here and they give a good
show and everybody's happy.””

He says there were plenty of
speeders and reckless drivers
roaring through Lakelse before
the arrival of the strippers.

Cenitagoya says he has in the

“? . pastadvocated. construction. of
speed bumps to slow traffic

down; but: says residents re-
jected the suggestion: ;
'**There’s: not any. publicity
outside my building,”’ he adds.
‘'There’s no -pictures or
anything like that. And there’s
no access for children,”’
‘*Naturally there are-a few
people who are against
everything —— it doesn’t matter
what you're doing, they’re
against everything,” :
-Cenitagoya says he’s started
his own petition, ‘I have all the
permits to operate a business,
and I’m going to operate my
business, according: . to. my.

\ licences,"’ he says. ‘It’s a nice’
Little: business _

clean
‘ business:”*
-He says’ he’s alsa planning to
bring -in male strippers.
periodically. pS

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Turners.

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BURNS LAKE —. The Lake. ©
Babine Band is building 24
homes with the help: o &
federal-government.) 2):
Just under $2.4 thillion of. ©
the $2.86 million. project ; A a
belng financed with a inor- *:

federat government’s -—
Canada Mortgage and Hous. F
ing Corporation while Indian: -
and Northern Affair has con:

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